AI Engineer at Avanade – London | Jobyssey

As an AI Engineer at Avanade, you will design, build, and deliver advanced agentic AI solutions using the latest Microsoft technologies. Working directly with clients, you will help solve complex business problems by applying strong engineering practices, deep Microsoft platform expertise, and a pragmatic approach to delivering measurable outcomes.

This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role, combining AI engineering, solution design, and delivery excellence. You will work as part of multi-disciplinary teams to translate ambiguity into secure, scalable, and production-ready AI solutions.

Role Responsibilities

Collaborate with clients to understand business challenges and identify opportunities where agentic AI can drive meaningful value.

Design, develop, and deploy AI agents using the latest Microsoft technologies (including Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and supporting Azure AI and Power Platform services).

Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems, data sources, and workflows using Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services.

Contribute to solution and technical design, ensuring alignment with security, governance, scalability, and operational standards.

Participate in client workshops, technical discussions, and solution shaping sessions.

Support pre-sales activities when required through technical input, solution design, and proof-of-concept development.

Develop reusable assets, patterns, and accelerators that strengthen Avanade’s AI and automation capabilities.

Stay current with emerging Microsoft AI technologies and contribute to internal AI & Data communities of practice.

Required Skills and Experience

Hands-on experience delivering solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Microsoft certifications in AI, Power Platform, or Azure (desirable).
Awareness of governance, security, and responsible AI considerations in enterprise environments.
Experience working in consulting or professional services organisations.
Familiarity with Azure services commonly used in AI solutions, such as Azure OpenAI, Functions, Logic Apps, and API Management.
Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse).
Experience working with Azure AI Foundry or equivalent AI development capabilities on Azure.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong engineering mindset with the ability to build, test, deploy, and support production-grade solutions.
Understanding of agentic AI concepts, orchestration patterns, and multi-agent solutions.
Experience designing and delivering AI-driven or automation solutions in a client-facing environment.
Strong expertise in prompt engineering, including optimisation, testing, evaluation, and guardrail design.

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
Access to global Data & AI communities, accelerators, and subject‑matter experts
The chance to work on complex, high‑impact initiatives across data governance, analytics, and AI
Clear and supported career progression across Consultant and Senior Consultant levels

Find out more about some of our benefits here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on

• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by

• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by

• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Data Engineering team works on check out these case studies:

thyssenkrupp Materials Services uses data to help strike a delicate operational balance
What matters to SSE Renewables is innovating for a sustainable future

Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

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